As the online social networking scene continues to explode,
Microsoft has seen fit to give its MSN Spaces online community a makeover. The
company is ditching the MSN nomenclature and is now adding Windows Live Spaces to its ever-growing
"Windows Live" brand. Other services in the family include Windows Live Messenger,
Live Anywhere
and Windows
Live Mail.

This is no small feat for Microsoft as the MSN Spaces represented
the largest online blogging community on the Net with over 100 million unique
visitors each month. In order to keep up with the changing times, Microsoft is expanding
social networking opportunities with Windows Live Spaces. A new set of tools is
also available to users including enhanced privacy tools and hundreds of gadgets that can be used to
personalize your own Live Space.

“With
the release of products such as Windows Live Spaces, we continue to deliver on
our mission of bringing customers closer to the information and people that
matter to them most. Windows Live and Internet-based ad-funded software and
service are critical to driving growth for the company, and we are energized
about the continued investments we’re making to help provide consumers with a
seamless and safer online experience,” said Steve Berkowitz, senior vice
president of the Online Services Group at Microsoft.

While Microsoft still has no immediate chance of coming
close to touching MySpace
in the social networking scene, it does have a powerful well thought out
platform at the disposal of users who choose to use the service.

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